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Great Tits by Ferdinand von Wright, 1867.

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Harald Sohlberg (1869 - 1935) - Rowan Tree, Viksfjord 1918 (from Bolander's Garden). 1918. Oil on canvas.

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I've been rotating the confrontation between Frodo and Boromir in The Breaking of the Fellowship chapter, specifically the place where it happens. They're on the slope of Amon Hen, the hill of Seeing. And to reach this place, Frodo, and following him Boromir, had to climb stairs surrounded by rowans. Now, in Celtic mythology, rowans have a ton of different meanings. BUT, mountaintops were sacred places in Celtic mythology, and rowans on or around a mountaintop are a sign that the veil between the mortal world and the unseen world is thin and the place was especially magic.

As I said, Amon Hen is the hill of seeing, and at the top of it is a magic seat of stone that allows to see far away. Now, the confrontation for the Ring happens like this: Boromir catches up with Frodo after the stairs but before the stone platform with the seat. He starts asking if he can borrow the Ring (an interesting choice of word, since he's the only character to ever want to borrow the Ring and then promise to give it back to its previous bearer. But that's another discussion). The situation escalates quickly and Boromir begs then threatens Frodo. As they move around the hillside, Frodo keeps a large stone between them as a protection but Boromir still tries to physically attack him. Frodo slips the Ring on and runs for his life toward the hilltop, and sits in the seat of Seeing, where he has a whole lot of visions and he can feel the gaze of Sauron sweeping the land, looking for him. He takes the Ring off and throws himself behind a statue just in time to escape the gaze of Sauron. He then hears the rest of the fellowship call his name, puts the Ring back on and decides to leave alone. In the meantime, Boromir is back to his senses and went after Merry and Pippin and we know how that goes.

Now, this series of events between Frodo and Boromir takes place away from the rest of the Fellowship, on a remote hilltop surrounded by rowan trees. And there, Boromir finally snaps out of his mind from the Ring's temptation. There, Frodo sees things that, by all means, he shouldn't be able to see because of the distance. And most importantly, Frodo feels the Eye of Sauron almost upon him for the first time while wearing the ring while sitting on top of Amon Hen. The hilltop surrounded by trees that mean "this place is magic and also the veil between the worlds is super thin here". And while it could simply be a coincidence bc rowans naturally grow at higher altitudes than other trees, knowing how much attention to detail Tolkien put to other plant symbolism in his works, I do think this was intentional from him to set this confrontation for the Ring in a space where the Ring would have more influence because the world of the living and the unseen world are so close, and Sauron has always operated in the mind of the people he wanted to lure under his control.

#am i going to analyse every single fucking vegetal element in lotr?#and the silm and the other big tales and anything by tolkien i can put my hands on?#maybe maybe not #but no one can stop me from trying #tolkien #the lord of the rings #the fellowship of the ring #the breaking of the fellowship #frodo baggins #boromir #amon hen #the one ring #rowan tree #trees symbolism #tolkien meta #lotr meta #half baked ramblings by a sleep deprived tolkien fan

A grey and chilly morning, but there is always some beautiful, cool, fascinating earth magic to be found!

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night rowan

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